When you leave,
You better
Leave me with nothing
Take the love I had
Take the happiness I possessed
Take my shattered heart
Take the memories you gave me
Take the excruciating pain
Take the feelings I had for you
But when you leave,
Know,
There’s no looking back

This disease struck me
Like a brick on pavement
Hard

Everything was
Perfect
Then that brick came along
And with the slightest movement
Destroyed everything

“Count it
Perfect it
Measure it
Clean it”
The voices say

Why can’t I let them go?
They keep repeating:

“Count it
Perfect it
Measure it
Clean it”
Why won’t they stop

“Count it
Perfect it
Measure it
Clean it”
I don’t understand

“Count it
Perfect it
Measure it
Clean it”
Someone just HELP me understand

This disease is about
Perfection
But it's the biggest
Imperfection about me

First you fall for them
Then you fall into their arms
And someday
You’ll fall in love
But then
Fall out
And you’ll fall apart
Fall into pieces
And eventually
You’re just stuck there
Falling
Waiting for the next person
To catch you

You hold onto me--I’m yours
Share me and I cease to exist
I am your secret that dwells within you
The thing that’s eating you up inside

I am the one screaming
“Let me out”
But no one can hear me
You can try to forget me
But can you?

No one can hear
The screams and the pain

They never will

Unless you unlock my cage
Finally let me free
I can see the key
But just can’t touch it
It’s yours to open
And when you release me
There’s no putting me back
I will tell them all what’s really happening
In your cage

Life is slowly escaping as
The cold days begin to long
There is no more safety between these walls
Day after day Night after night
The world becomes oblivion to the sight
Of any light.

But

Life may be escaping
As the cold days begin to long
There may be no safety between the walls
Day after day Night after night the world may become oblivion
To the sight of any light.

Yet one must never forget that even in the darkest of times with
The littlest of faith
Even the smallest speck of light
Can save the dead rose